Legal Opinion
Puyallup Tribe v. Department of Game of Wash.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 27, 1968No. 247PublishedCited by 249 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Douglas
These cases present a question of public importance which involves in the first place a construction of the Treaty of Medicine Creek made with the Puyallup and Nisqually Indians in 1854 (10 Stat. 1132) and secondly the constitutionality of certain conservation measures adopted by the State of Washington allegedly impinging on those treaty rights.
These suits were brought by respondents in the state court against the Indians for declaratory relief and for an injunction. The trial court held for respondents and with exceptions not relevant to our problem the Supreme Court affirmed in part and…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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